Twenty Years Ago In Journal Files Fire Damage And Local Deals
Fire due to wiring damaged the Thomas home on Grand Street, with losses reaching thousands. John Wiggers bought the First Avenue Garage from Nelson Kimmy. West Main merchants fund a tree lighting extension, city council pledges lights. Civil service exams set for Municipal Building tomorrow. Billiard star W H Clewswater defeated Clifford Anderson 100 to 62 in North Center, then wowed crowds with tricky shots. Carry's Keystones added the Homestead Grays to a 11 to 25 loss at the State Armory, drawing a small crowd.
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Finch Billiard
North Center Street
W. H. Clewswater
Clifford Anderson
Carry’s Keystones
Homestead Grays
Cleveland
State Armory
Ten Leading Causes Of Death In 1945 And 1946
The Medical Society article lists heart disease leading with about one third of deaths in 1945 at 44,928, cancer and related tumors 117,464, brain disorders 129,124, nephritis 8,078, pneumonia and influenza 8,386, motor vehicle accidents 28,076, tuberculosis 52,916, diabetes mellitus 35,160. Through October 1946 there were about 1,162,000 deaths in the U S, with heart disease, cancer and brain disorders remaining top causes while tuberculosis declined.
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United States
Fires Rage Across Philadelphia Injuring Firemen and Forcing Evacuations
Six fires in Philadelphia from last night through today displaced 100 hotel guests and caused extensive damage. A fire at the Hotel Westmont confined to a rear apartment left residents uninjured. a warehouse blaze injured two firefighters when electrocuted by a train on the Frankford elevated. a chimney fire at the Atlantic Refining Co. building required men to climb ladders to fight the flames for 45 minutes. The incidents damaged lumber stock and a warehouse, with crews racing to contain multiple blazes amid windy conditions.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Ste
I Hotel
Westmont
Edward Spangler
Mildred ‘Parc
Atlantic Refining Co
Front Street
Louis Helm
Elmer Dollarton
Frankford
Bryn Mawr Million Dollar Mansion To Be Razed
Bryn Mawr Pa January 13 Colebrook Manor a 64 room machine stone mansion built in 1903 at an estimated cost of 1 000 000 will be torn down William S Henning Jr president of Seymour Construction Co said the mansion will yield 12 000 pounds of copper 140 tons of gulnatural steel 60 000 square feet of flooring and 5 000 tons of stone Potts who died in 1943 was associated with the Kewanee Oil Co and left an estate of more than 9 00 000
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Bryn Bmawr
Colebrook Manor
William McCleery Potts
William S. Henning, Jr
Seymour Construction Co
Potts
Kewanee Oil Co
Conviction of Curley Upheld by Appeas Court of Appeals
The U S Court of Appeals affirmed today the conviction of James M Curley a year old former Boston mayor and former member of Congress and two co defendants on mail fraud charges. The ruling maintains the jury verdict against Curley and his associates, upholding the prior decision in the case brought by federal prosecutors.
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U. 5. Court of Appeals
Boston
Washington
US. Court of Appeals
James M. Curley
Congress
Veteran politics figure sentenced in federal case
The white haired Curiey, a half century in politics, was sentenced in federal court last February 18 to 18 months in jail and a $1000 fine for alleged activities as president of Engineers Group Inc. The government contends the organization profited about $60,000 by claiming to obtain war contracts for clients. Donald Wakefield Smith of Pitts...
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Curiey
Federal Cour
Engineers Group, Inc
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pitts
Former NLRB member jailed over group fraud case
Birgh, former member of the National Labor Relations Board, drew four to twelve months in jail with a $1000 fine as treasurer of Inghers Group. A third defendant, G. Fuller, received a one month four year sentence as executive vice president. Fuller now serves a five year term in another fraud case. Both Curley and Smith have been free on bail since conviction after a lengthy trial last winter.
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Birgh
Niional Labor Relations Board
Ing Heers Group
G. Fuller
Fuller
Curley and
Smith
Truman shifts from wartime controls to executive leadership
The column contrasts Truman’s state of the nation messages from last January and the prior year. It praises his shift away from wartime dictation and toward executive leadership. It notes his call for industry and labor to cut prices and resist unjust wage demands, while criticizing union abuses and Congress sharing power with the President. It ends with a remark that water has flowed over the dam for two years.
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Trone
Truman
Congress
Bt Congress
Tom
Washington
Davis Apple and Ben Davis Bean Origins in Kentucky Orchard
The sentence notes the link between the Davis Apple name and Ben Davis bean cultivation in Kentucky, pointing to the origin of the apple name tied to local orchard work.
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Davis
Ben Davis
Kentucky
How's Your I. 9 Turn to the classified page for answers
Quiz prompts seven questions about war time exiles, Alaska highway terminus, UN location, Franklin state, pine leaves, a baseball pitcher who died, types of astronomical telescopes, corrections on phrasing, Proveneric client care, and metronome definition.
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Nawy
Aloa
Alaskan
United Nations
U. S
Franklin
Washington, D. c
Six Antarctic airmen recount survival after crash
Six Navy airmen aboard the seaplane tender Piner Island describe a December 30 photo mission that ended when their Mariner plane brushed snow and ice and exploded. They survived by staying airborne until debris and men were scattered over the frozen waste amid sudden whiteout conditions.
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Navy
Piner Island
Mariner
Earth
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Leblanc
Discovery
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Curley
Stewart Warner
van Cise Keystone Service
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U.S
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Campbell's Tomato Soup
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Thomas Motor Co
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